Sentences with phrase «academic libraries more»

According to ALA, Americans go to school, public and academic libraries more than they visit the movies and there are more libraries than McDonald's fast food joints.

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An academic library at the University of Nevada, Reno, put more than half of its inventory into storage, freeing up 1700 square metres for maker tools and working space.

TDT Network schools have access to our enormous research library which includes everything from detailed academic research papers to more accessible summaries and discussion articles written for teachers.

Continuing this funding is important to prevent future cuts to academics, positions such as special education teachers, after - school programs, libraries, school athletics, charter schools, and more.

Academic libraries, on the other hand have been a bit more relaxed on this stance especially if the book is in a subject that is trending in pop culture or represents the scholarship being studied on its campus.

McGraw Hill says academic libraries will be interested in reference works, and public libraries will find «a wealth of... [Read more...]

This data, compiled in part from its 6,500 public school library partners, shows that more students than ever before are using smartphones, tablets, and ereaders in the academic environment, with a 252 % increase in October in school library visits to the lending website from the same time a year ago.

A workshop on libraries and ebooks was held with Skip Dye, VP, Library and Academic Sales, Random House; George Coe, President, Library & Education, Baker - Taylor; Barbara Genco, Manager, Special Projects, Library Journal; Stephanie Anderson, Head of Readers Advisory, Darien Library; and Heather McCormack,... [Read more...]

This data, compiled in part from its 6,500 public school library partners, shows that more students than ever before are using smartphones, tablets, and ereaders in the academic... [Read more...]

OverDrive, one of the world's largest digital content and media suppliers to academic and public libraries, has rolled out a new update to its web interface that will make searching for content even more streamlined.

Baker & Taylor serves more than 28,000 public, K - 12 school and academic libraries in the United States and abroad.

Academic libraries can prioritize critical information to search, order and deliver more content to more patrons.

What's more, he could serve as a valued advisor to the endowment and the public and academic digital library systems that it helped finance.

«We are pleased to add tens of thousands of new e-book titles to our MyiLibrary platform for more public and academic libraries, and their patrons to enjoy.»

That university probably has more resources for academic journals, but may or may not allow public library patrons to use those resources.

Academic Complete was recently named Library Journal «s «Best E-Book Database,» among other accolades and awards, and serves its member libraries and institutions by offering a catalog of more than 80,000 titles which are available for unlimited access by multiple users simultaneously through ebrary's subscription model.

However modern is the planned library, it is no replacement for two well - stocked and tightly intertwined national digital library systems, one public and one academic, serving up more books than Google and Amazon combined.

Thousands of public, academic and professional libraries around the world use Ingram's MyiLibrary platform, and readers enjoy access to more than 500,000 titles.

As more and more mainstays in reference material shift to strictly online formats, what will that hold for academic institutions and reference libraries?

Academic libraries, on the other hand have been a bit more relaxed on this stance, especially if the book is on a subject that is trending in pop culture or represents the scholarship being studied on its campus.

Due to the good understanding of the subject and access to academic libraries our writers will give you more sources of information.

These titles complement the library's current general nonfiction e-book offerings with more in - depth material that will be especially helpful for academic and other research.

Unlimited access to the world's largest document library which includes government reports, academic dissertations, detailed scientific studies, and more.

The e-books complement the library's current general nonfiction e-book offerings with more in - depth material that will be especially helpful for academic and other research.

Polaris Library Systems, a trusted provider of technology solutions for academic, private and public libraries, will employ OverDrive's Discovery APIs and Circulation APIs (application programming interfaces) to create a more desirable, seamless patron experience for libraries with an OverDrive e-content subscription.

This story examines Ebooks on EBSCOhost, which has strong academic and corporate roots but is becoming more attractive to public libraries as well.)

As librarians» roles expand beyond curating collections and involve more work with faculty and more outreach, as budgets and staff continue to shrink, and as more and more books inundate the already - saturated academic book market, librarians will rely on eCollections to alleviate the burden of keeping up and ensuring their institutions can fall back on the breadth of their library's content, and this content extends far beyond the frontlist.

As we turn our efforts to respond to patron demand and begin buying more e-books, and with only a small number of e-book vendors (mostly academic) allowing for any sort of ILL, the more our book collections go digital, the less we will be able to loan to other libraries or borrow from other libraries.

According to the Library Journal 2011 survey of ebook penetration and use in libraries, 95 % of academic, 82 % of public, and 44 % of school libraries are already offering ebooks, and many more are considering it.

Expanded Distribution offers you the opportunity to access a larger audience through more online retailers, bookstores, libraries, academic institutions, and distributors within the United States.

Speakers from around the world discuss business models, tech trends, rights and licenses, as well as issues related to education and academic publishing, book production, library sciences, rights and licenses, marketing, and more.

Even higher academic gains were evident among student subgroups if their schools had more library staff, larger library collections, and greater access to technology, databases, and the library itself.

Despite the user - friendly devices and what they can offer from the e-book retailers, when it comes to the academic market, Amazon and B&N would do well to look at what the vendors and aggregators are doing if they wish to streamline their systems to work more closely in tandem with the systems already in place for libraries.

Martha Rosler Library: Comprising more than 7,000 volumes selected from the books at Martha Rosler's residence and studio in Brooklyn and academic office in New Jersey, the library was accessible for the public use at e-flux's Ludlow street location in NYC.

There are tons of open access peer reviewed climate science articles available, and quite a lot more at your nearest academic library.

She worked in law firm and academic libraries for over thirty years, in two countries, moving from the modern antipodes for the more traditional old world.

History, business and English faculty do just fine with their research collections in the central library; and in an academic environment where scholarship and research are increasingly interdisciplinary, this may be the more appropriate place for it.

Ideally, one of our colleagues in an academic law library in Canada would take ownership... [more]

Earlier this month, the International Labour Organization and a group of academic partners that includes the Yale and Cornell law school libraries launched GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information), a program that will give users in more than 115 developing countries free access to a wide range of essential legal information.

i) Students who feel comfortable with the library agree more than those who do not that the library helps them with their academic work;

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Working in a an academic law library that is open to the public I've found that it is often on Friday, and more specifically, Friday afternoon that the individual who wants to challenge the constitutional validity of income tax arrives at the library looking... [more]

In fact, one author has argued that academic libraries in small communities are more important to their local populations than academic libraries in large communities, as larger communities can support public libraries that fulfill their needs.»

As more resources become available only electronically, there will be an even greater challenge for academic libraries who wish to provide meaningful public access to their materials.

Working in a an academic law library that is open to the public I've found that it is often on Friday, and more specifically, Friday afternoon that the individual who wants to challenge the constitutional validity of income tax arrives at the library looking for an orientation to our legal system and advice on the best way to prove that income tax is illegal, or substitute whichever conspiracy theory you like in here.

As our community of academic law libraries becomes smaller and more anemic, our university libraries may be able to provide us with a transfusion of new skills and influence within a wider information environment with greater collaborative potential, which we could use to further and promote legal information initiatives in our institutions and nationally.

Clearly the only reason for academic library directors to advocate the end of print formats has more to do with library culture than anything else.

I think it would be especially useful for academic librarians to have insight into the way in which lawyers use firm libraries, and the kind of information they seek — useful in that... [more]